FAQs

A: Yes. The Law Center is fully approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Graduates of ABA-approved law schools are eligible to sit for the bar examination in any jurisdiction in the United States.

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Externships:

Touro Law’s Externship Program provides students with the opportunity to work in diverse areas of legal practice, develop essential lawyering skills, gain knowledge about particular fields of law, practice in specialized courts, and learn about how lawyers and law firms, government organizations and the courts operate.

Every Touro Law student is guaranteed an externship experience for academic credit.

Touro Law students may be placed in different types of settings, usually classified as civil, judicial (federal and state) or criminal (prosecution and defense). The placements include private law office, the courts, law office of public interest organizations, as well as federal, state and local government employers.

Q: What areas of law does the Law Center offer?

A: While a Touro Law education prepares students for a career in virtually any field of law, the Law Center's curriculum is particularly rich in the following areas:

* Academic concentrations. A concentration is designed to offer students advanced training in a specific area of law. Students are not required to designate an area of concentration during their career at Touro Law Center.

Q: What is the Law Center's total enrollment?

A: Approximately 650 J.D. and 20 LL.M. students are enrolled.

Q: What is the size of a typical Law Center class?

A:

16-24 for tutorials and seminars

65 for required first-year classes

60 for required and elective upper-level classes.

Q: How diverse is the student body?

A: For 2014-2015, 46% minority and 58% women.

Q: What is Touro Law's LSAT/UGPA profile?

A: For students matriculating in the Fall of 2014, the 75th percentile LSAT score was 149 the 25th percentile LSAT score was 145. The 75th percentile undergraduate GPA was 3.33 the 25th percentile undergraduate GPA was 2.75.Q: How many applications does Touro Law receive each year?

A: We received over 1,100 J.D. applications for the Fall 2014 entering class.

Q: How many seats are available in the Fall entering class?

A: For Fall 2015, there will be 130 full-time seats, 50 part-time evening seats, and 10 part-time day seats available in the entering class.

Q: How long does law school take?

A: Attending law school full-time (12-16 credits per semester), most students complete the J.D. program within 3 years, but may accelerate to 2½ years by attending summer sessions. Part-time students (8-11 credits per semester) usually take 4 years to complete the J.D. program, but may accelerate to 3½ years by attending summer sessions. Touro Law also offers a 2-year accelerated and a 5-year part-time evening program.

Q: What are the hours for full-time and part-time?

A: Full-time classes are offered anytime between 9:30 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday and between 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Friday. Part-time evening classes are offered from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday.

Q: Does Touro Law offer summer courses?

A: Yes. Summer sessions are available and open to students who have completed the first-year requirements successfully. Students may take 6 credits in the summer program at the Law Center campus in Central Islip or in New York City or up to 8 credits abroad in Vietnam, Croatia, or Germany.